| anthrax toxin | A culture filtrate of Bacillus anthracis containing an exotoxin with at least three different antigenically distinct components: oedema factor, lethal factor, and protective antigen. Synonym: Bacillus anthracis toxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| anthrenus | <zoology> A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. Varius; the carpet beetle is A. Scrophulariae. The larvae are commonly confounded with moths. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A hornet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthrone | 9,10-dihydro-9-oxoanthracene;a reagent used in the detection of carbohydrates. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthropical | <zoology> Like or related to man; human. Origin: Gr, fr. Man. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthropidae | <zoology> The group that includes man only. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Man. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthropo- | Human. Origin: G. Anthropos, a human being (of either sex) (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthropobiology | The study of the biologic relationships of humans as a species. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthropocentric | With a human bias, under the assumption that man is the central fact of the universe. Origin: anthropo-+ G. Kentron, centre (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthropogenesis | The origin and development of man, both individual and racial. Synonym: anthropogenesis, anthropogony. Origin: anthropo-+ G. Genesis, origin (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthropogenic | Anthropogenetic Relating to anthropogeny. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthropogeny | The origin and development of man, both individual and racial. Synonym: anthropogenesis, anthropogony. Origin: anthropo-+ G. Genesis, origin (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthropoglot | <zoology> An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot. Origin: Gr.; man +, tongue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthropogony | The origin and development of man, both individual and racial. Synonym: anthropogenesis, anthropogony. Origin: anthropo-+ G. Genesis, origin (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthropography | That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. Origin: Gr. Man. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthropoid | 1. Resembling man in structure and form. 2. One of the monkeys resembling man; an ape. Origin: G. Anthropo-eides, man-like (05 Mar 2000) |